Carpinteria, California | |
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 Location of Carpinteria in Santa Barbara County, California. | |
  Carpinteria, California Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates:34°23′57″N119°30′59″W / 34.39917°N 119.51639°W /34.39917; -119.51639 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Santa Barbara |
| Incorporated | September 28, 1965[1] |
| Named after | The carpentry shops in the formerChumash settlement ofMishopshno ("Correspondence"[2]) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Natalia Alarcon[3] |
| • State senator | Monique Limón (D)[4] |
| • Assemblymember | Gregg Hart (D)[4] |
| • U. S. rep. | Salud Carbajal (D)[5] |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.27 sq mi (24.02 km2) |
| • Land | 2.59 sq mi (6.70 km2) |
| • Water | 6.68 sq mi (17.31 km2) 72.09% |
| Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 13,264 |
| • Density | 5,124.3/sq mi (1,978.51/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 93013-93014 |
| Area code | 805 |
| FIPS code | 06-11446 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652684,2409990 |
| GATV | Channel 18[8] |
| Website | www |
Carpinteria (/kɑːrpɪntəˈriːə/;Spanish:Carpintería, meaning "Carpentry") is a small seaside city in southeasternSanta Barbara County, California. Located on theCentral Coast ofCalifornia, it had a population of 13,264 at the2020 census. Carpinteria is a popular surf destination; the city embraced the slogan "World's Safest Beach" in 1912, which it still uses today.[9][10]
Carpinteria was home to aChumash village during pre-colonial times, which was known as Šujtu.[11]
In 1769, the SpanishPortolá expedition came west along the beach from the previous night's encampment atRincon. The explorers found a large native village on the point of land where Carpinteria Pier is today. The party camped nearby onAugust 17. FrayJuan Crespí, a Franciscan missionary travelling with the expedition, noted that "Not far from the town we saw some springs of pitch. The Indians have many canoes, and at the time were building one, for which reason the soldiers named this town La Carpinteria" (thecarpentry shop).[12]
The Chumash people used the naturally occurring surfaceasphalt to seal theircanoes, known asTomols.Petroleum seeps are still visible along the beach bluffs atTar Pits Park on the campground beach ofCarpinteria State Beach. The three closest drilling platforms visible from the shore are within theCarpinteria Offshore Oil Field, the 50th-largest field in California.[13]
On March 21, 2023, an EF0 tornado impacted a mobile home park in Carpinteria, damaging 25 mobile homes.[14][15]
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According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.3 square miles (24 km2), of which 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2) is land and 6.7 square miles (17 km2) (72.1%) is water.[6]
The city is located almost entirely on a coastal plain in between theSanta Ynez Mountains and thePacific Ocean. Immediately to the north of Carpinteria lie foothills and then the Santa Ynez Mountains. Between the foothills and the populated area of the city is an agricultural zone. The mountains provide a scenic backdrop to town, covered inchaparral and displaying prominentsandstone outcrops. Because of the well-ventilated nature of the air basin, ozone concentrations are low while air quality is high.
Seals andsea lions can be seen in the area December through May at therookery[16] in the nearby Carpinteria Bluffs,[17] as well as an occasionalgray whale.Tidepools containstarfish,sea anemones,crabs,snails,octopuses andsea urchins.
There is bird watching at Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, established in 1977 and administered by theNatural Reserve System of theUniversity of California.[18][19]
The Wardholme Torrey Pine, the largest knownTorrey pine tree on earth, is located in downtown Carpinteria.[20]
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to theKöppen Climate Classification system, Carpinteria has awarm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[21]
| Climate data for Carpenteria, California | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 62.9 (17.2) | 63.9 (17.7) | 64.6 (18.1) | 67.3 (19.6) | 69.0 (20.6) | 70.4 (21.3) | 73.2 (22.9) | 73.8 (23.2) | 73.6 (23.1) | 71.7 (22.1) | 67.8 (19.9) | 63.3 (17.4) | 68.5 (20.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 43.2 (6.2) | 45.1 (7.3) | 47.3 (8.5) | 49.3 (9.6) | 52.4 (11.3) | 55.2 (12.9) | 58.0 (14.4) | 58.2 (14.6) | 57.1 (13.9) | 53.0 (11.7) | 47.1 (8.4) | 43.2 (6.2) | 50.8 (10.4) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 4.70 (119) | 4.34 (110) | 3.29 (84) | 1.04 (26) | 0.46 (12) | 0.14 (3.6) | 0.05 (1.3) | 0.03 (0.76) | 0.09 (2.3) | 0.81 (21) | 1.22 (31) | 2.81 (71) | 18.98 (482) |
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| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1950 | 2,864 | — | |
| 1960 | 4,998 | 74.5% | |
| 1970 | 6,982 | 39.7% | |
| 1980 | 10,835 | 55.2% | |
| 1990 | 13,747 | 26.9% | |
| 2000 | 14,194 | 3.3% | |
| 2010 | 13,040 | −8.1% | |
| 2020 | 13,264 | 1.7% | |
| 2023 (est.) | 12,711 | [23] | −4.2% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[24] | |||
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The2020 United States census reported that Carpinteria had a population of 13,264. The population density was 5,125.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,978.9/km2). The racial makeup of Carpinteria was 53.6%White, 0.8%African American, 1.7%Native American, 2.3%Asian, 0.1%Pacific Islander, 22.2% fromother races, and 19.4% from two or more races.Hispanic or Latino of any race were 48.8% of the population.[25]
The census reported that 99.2% of the population lived in households, 0.3% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.5% were institutionalized.[25]
There were 4,968 households, out of which 31.8% included children under the age of 18, 47.2% were married-couple households, 6.3% werecohabiting couple households, 30.7% had a female householder with no partner present, and 15.8% had a male householder with no partner present. 25.7% of households were one person, and 14.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.65.[25] There were 3,312families (66.7% of all households).[26]
The age distribution was 20.4% under the age of 18, 7.4% aged 18 to 24, 24.1% aged 25 to 44, 26.7% aged 45 to 64, and 21.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.6 males.[25]
There were 5,689 housing units at an average density of 2,198.2 units per square mile (848.7 units/km2), of which 4,968 (87.3%) were occupied. Of these, 55.4% were owner-occupied, and 44.6% were occupied by renters.[25]
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $104,233, and theper capita income was $52,711. About 3.9% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the poverty line.[27]
At the2010 census Carpinteria had a population of 13,040. The population density was 1,406.5 inhabitants per square mile (543.1/km2). The racial makeup of Carpinteria was 9,348 (71.7%) White, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6,351 persons (48.7%), 109 (0.8%) African American, 144 (1.1%) Native American, 296 (2.3%) Asian, 15 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 2,599 (19.9%) from other races, and 529 (4.1%) from two or more races.[28]
The census reported that 13,021 people (99.9% of the population) lived in households, 19 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.
There were 4,759 households, 1,510 (31.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,305 (48.4%) were married couples living together, 597 (12.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 239 (5.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 293 (6.2%)unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 28 (0.6%)same-sex married couples or partnerships. 1,203 households (25.3%) were one person and 525 (11.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.74. There were 3,141 families (66.0% of households); the average family size was 3.23.
The age distribution was 2,791 people (21.4%) under the age of 18, 1,267 people (9.7%) aged 18 to 24, 3,466 people (26.6%) aged 25 to 44, 3,717 people (28.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,799 people (13.8%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 39.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males.
There were 5,429 housing units at an average density of 585.6 per square mile, of the occupied units 2,347 (49.3%) were owner-occupied and 2,412 (50.7%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.5%. 6,130 people (47.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 6,891 people (52.8%) lived in rental housing units.
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lynda.com, an online software training company ranked as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. (according toInc. magazine's 2010 500|5000 company listing) had its headquarters in Carpinteria. The company was purchased by LinkedIn in 2015 for $1.5 billion.[29]ProCore Technologies, a construction management software company, also has its headquarters in Carpinteria.
Since 1987, the CaliforniaAvocado Festival has been held in Carpinteria on the first weekend of October.
TheSanta Barbara Polo Club, one of the mainequestrianpolo fields in the country, is located just West of Carpinteria (outside of city limits).
The city is also home to Pete's Living, an organic produce company that was previously known asHollandia Produce.[30]
According to the city's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[31] the top employers in the city are:
| # | Employer | # of Employees |
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| 1 | Procore Technologies | 865 |
| 2 | Agilent (formerly Dako) | 418 |
| 3 | 340 | |
| 4 | Carpinteria Unified School District | 310 |
| 5 | NuSil Technology | 288 |
| 6 | Gigavac | 248 |
| 7 | Bega US | 166 |
| 8 | AGIA, Inc. | 121 |
| 9 | Continental Auto Systems | 116 |
| 10 | Plan Member | 100 |
Carpinteria hosts an annual California Avocado Festival, with a history extending back to 1986.[32] Over 80,000 persons attend the three-day festival which takes place during the first weekend of October. The festival offers avocado products and locally made goods. It also hosts the Carpinteria Arts Center.[33]
The city of Carpinteria is served by the Carpinteria Unified School District. It includes one high school, one middle (junior high) school, and four public elementary schools, one of which is an alternative school of choice (K-5). The district also has an alternative high school. Other schools include: Howard Carden School, a private pre-K-8 elementary school, Carpinteria Christian School, a Baptist K-8 school,Cate School, a private preparatory school andPacifica Graduate Institute, home of theJoseph Campbell andMarija Gimbutas Library. This graduate school offers master's and PhD programs indepth psychology andmythology.
TheCarpinteria Unified School District,[34] which also includes the community ofSummerland, and some outlying areas, includes the following:
Students at elementary schools prepared two web sites about Carpinteria for the year 2000[35] and 2001[36]International Schools CyberFair competitions.[37]
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U.S. Route 101 passes through Carpinteria, connecting the city to major destinations such asLos Angeles as well asSanta Barbara and points further north such asSan Francisco.State Route 150 passes through a portion of Carpinteria, providing connections toOjai andSanta Paula.State Route 192 also has a short segment in Carpinteria, providing a westward connection to Santa Barbara.
TheCarpinteria Amtrak Station is served byAmtrak'sPacific Surfliner, which stretches betweenSan Luis Obispo in the north andLos Angeles andSan Diego in the south.
MTD provides local bus service in Carpinteria, along with connections toMontecito andSanta Barbara.VCTC Intercity provides commuter bus service toVentura, Santa Barbara, andLos Angeles.
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